Safe for tired wheel rims



Patented Feb. 14, 1922;

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' APPLLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1920.. 1,406,601

W. I. ANDERSON.

SAFE FOR TIRED WHEEL RIMS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. I920.

1,406,601 Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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SAFE FOR TIRED WHEEL RIMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

Application filed June 28, 1920. Serial No. 892,156.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented, a new and use ful Safe for Tired Wheel Rims, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safes for spare tired Wheel-rims for motorvehicles, and pertains more especially to a safe of the character indicated comprising a body adapted to be rigidly secured in place on a motor-vehicle and comprising a head which forms the rear end wall of the safe and has two forwardly projecting spaced annular flanges arranged the one externally of and concentrically in relation to the other and participating in the formation of an annular chamber having the dimensions required to receive a tired wheel-rim and adapted to be closed at its forward end by a door which is adapted to be locked in its closed position and comprises a head -arranged to form the front of the safe and having two rearwardly projecting spaced annular flanges which are arranged the one eX- ternally of and concentrically in relation to the other and have such arrangement in relation to the aforesaid flanges of the body that the outer flange and inner flange of the door extend into close proximity to and overlap the outer flange and inner flange respectively of the body in the closed position of the door.

Une object of this invention is to produce safe of the character indicated which is provided internally of its body with means for preventing a tired wheel-rim placel in. desired position within the safe from ring contact with said body and with the iiereinbefore mentioned door.

Another object is to facilitate placing said heel-rim. into and removing it from the is, and to prevent rattling of said rim in safe.

Another object is to inexpensively enlarge the hereinbefore mentioned chamber to fully house the valve-stem of the tire on said rim, and to provide the body of the safe internally with simple and inexpensive means for cooperating with said stem in preventing circumferential displacement of said rim.

Another object is to facilitate the assemblage of the component parts of my improved safe, to render the safe simple, strong and durable in construction, and to form such a joint between the hcreinbefore mentioned door and body that a tired rim carried in the safe is adequately protected against the elements.

With these objects in view, and to attain any other object hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangements of parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of-my improved safe. Fig. 2 is a right-hand side view. Fig. 3 is a leftdiand side view. ig. l is a vertical section taken along the line elli, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the right-hand side of the safe. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken along the line 55, Fig. 4- looking downwardly. 6 is a vertical section taken along the line 6 6,

4, looking forwardly. Fig. 7 is a hori- Zontal section taken along the line 7--7, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken along the line 88, 7, looking rearwardly. Fig. 9 is a vertical section taken along the line 99, Fig. 8, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Figs. 3, 4*, 5, 6, 7, S and 9 are drawn on a larger scale than Figs. 1, Qand 3.

The safe illustrated in said drawings is annular and comprises a metal body adapted to be rigidly secured in place in any approved manner on a motouvehicle and corn-- prising-"a substantially vertically arranged head -ll which forms the rear end wall of the safe and has two spaced annular flanges l2 and 13 projecting substantially equidistautly forwardly of said head and arranged the one l2 externally of and substantially concentrically in relation to the other 13, as shown in dotted lines Fig. l and in solid lines, Fig. Freferalcly the head 11 and its flanges 12 and 13 are composed of a single sheet-metal stamping. Said flanges participate in the formation of anannular chamber 15 having the dimensions required to receive a tired wheel-rim 16 without the tire 17 of the rim making contact with the body and without said tire making contact with a metal door which (see Figs. 1 and 4) is arranged to close said chamber at the forward end of the chamber and comprises a head 18 which is arranged to form the front of the safe and is provided at its inner side with two spaced annular flan cs 19 and Q0 projecting substantially equi is tantly rearwardly of said head 18 and arranged the one 19 externally of and substantially concentrically in relation to the other 20. Preferably the head 18 and its flanges 19 and 20 are composed of a single sheet-metal stamping. The outer flange l9 and the inner flange 20 of the door are arranged to extend into close proximity to and overlap the outer side of the outer flange 12 and inner flange 13 respectively of the aforesaid bod in the closed position of the door. Preferably the forward end portion of each of the flanges 12 and 13 of the body is provided at its outer side with a rib 21. The rib 21 of the inner flange 13 of the body extends circumferentially of the space surrounded by said flange. The rib 21 of the outer flange 12 of the body extends circumferentially of the body. Each of the flanges 19 and 20 of the door, in the closed position of the door, (see Fig. 4) is arranged to cover the forward side and to project rearwardly of the rib 21 of the adjacent flange of the body. The outer flange 19 of the door (see Figs. 1 and 3) is shown hinged, as at 22, to

the outer flange 12 of the body at the left-.

hand side of the safe. At the right-hand side of the safe (see Figs. 1 and 2) said outer flanges of the body and door are provided,

as at 23, with means for locking the door in its closed position to the body. Means for hinging a door to the body of a safe, and means for locking the door in its closed position, are too well known in the art to require further illustration and description in this specification.

The body of the safe is provided within the chamber 15 with simple and inexpensive means employed in so spacing the illustrated tired wheel-rim 16 from the hereinbefore mentioned body and from the door that the tire 17 on said rim is held out of contact with said door and out of contact with'said body, and said means comprise several metal plates 25 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and arranged at the inner side and spaced circumferentially of the inner flange 13 of the body. Each plate 25, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, extends transversely of the inner flange 13 of the body of the safe and is arranged as required to extend transversely of the inner circumferential surface of the wheelsrim 16. Each plate 25 (see Fig. 5) is shown riveted, as at 26, near its side or 1ongitudinal edges, to the flange 13, and has an offset portion 28 spaced from said flange and arranged to extend transversely of the inner circumferential surface of the rim 16 and having a slot 29 extending longitudinally of the plate and preferably rearwardly from the forward extremity of said ortion of the plate. Each plate 25 is provi ed with a resilient member 30 which (see Figs. 4. 5 and 6) is arranged in and extends longitudinally of the slot 29 in the plate and overlaps the plate and forwardly from the head 11 of the bod of the safe and preferably formed by stri ing parts of said portion of the plate outwardl and arranged to form abutments for the rear side of the rim 16. The relative arrangement of the parts is such that said rim, upon being laced in the re uired position in the chem er 15, surroun s the inner flange 13 of the body of the safe, and that the rear side of the rim abuts against the forward sides of the members 32 of each plate 25, and that the tire '17 does not extend into contact with the head 11 of said bodynor into contact with. the head 18 of the door when the door is closed. The resilient member 30 of each plate 25 (see Figs. 4 and 5) extends forwardly of the space shown occupied by the tired rim 16 and has its forward end portion bent or contoured to form a sloping shoulder 33 next forward of said space, and said shoulder faces said space and in the direction of the outer circumference of the safe and is arranged to revent forward displacement of the rim. ence the shoulder 33 of the resilient member 30 of each plate 25 is just far enough forward of the forwardly facing abutment-members 32 of the plate to permitthe extension, between said shoulder and said abutment-members, of said rim 16 circumferentially of the inner flange 13 of the body of the safe. The re-' silient member 30 of each plate 25 is provided at the outer end of its shoulder 33 with a sloping portion 34 extending forwardly from said end of said shoulder and facing in the direction of the outer circumference of the safe and forwardly so that a tired wheel-rim, during manual movement thereof into the desired position within the chamber 15, makes contact with the forward side of said portion 34 of said resilient member and actuates said resilient member inwardly against the action of the resilience of said resilient member and in the direction of the inner flange 13 of the body of the safe, and the relative arrangement of the parts is such that said resilient member by the action of its resilience is returned into its normal position shown in Fig. 4 as soonas said movement of the rim has been arrested displacement of the wheel-rim 16 forwardly and rearwardly respectively.

The door and the relatively stationary body of the safe are offset. as at 35. (see till ii ll iaoaeoi Figs. 1 and 7) radially inwardly at two points arranged at opposite sides. respectively of the space surrounded by said body, and the oilset portions 35 of said body are arranged and contoured as required to form radially inward enlargements, as at 36, of the chamber 15 at said points, and the ollset portions 35 of the door are arranged and contoured as required to form closures for the enlargements 36 of said chamber. The enlargements oi the chamber 15 permit the hands employed in introducing a tired wheel-- rim into or in removing it from the safe to obtain adequate hold of said rim and facili tate manual movement of the rim into and out of the safe, the valve-stem 33' of the tire 1.7 on the rim 16 is shown projecting into the chamber"enlargement 36 in one ollset portion 35 of the body of the sale, and said offset portion of said body forms housing for said stem and prevents the extension and exposure of said stem externally or the safe. Means arranged the inner end the valve-stem-receiving enlargement 3d of the chamber 15 and employed in preventing displacement of the valve-stem 37, and consequently the rim 16, circunii'erentially of the inner flange. 13 of the body of the safe, are provided and preferably comprise a plate 38 which (see Fig. 7) is secured in any approved manner, at the inner end of said enlargement of said chamber, to the head 11 of the body of the safe and has a forwardly projecting arm 39 extending between the rim 16 and said enlargement of said chamber. Said arm 39 (see Figs. 7, 8 and 9) has a longitudinal slot 10 which is spaced from the longitudinal edges of the arm and extends rearwardly from the forward ere tremity of the arm. The slot 410 has the mensions required to permit the extension of the valve-stem 37 laterally through the slot, and the relative arrangement of the parts is such that the longitudinal walls of said slot are arranged to cooperate with the valvestem in preventing displacement of the wheel-rim 16 circumferentially of ti flange 18 of the body of the sale. i 1 and 7, &1 indicates a dust-cap men the valve-stem 37.

l l hat l claim is-- 1. in a sale of the body com i has two for- ,jecting annular flanges arranged ernally of and substantially concentrically in relation to the other and participating in the formation of an annular chamber, a door for closing said chamber at the forward end of the chamber, plates arranged at the inner side and extending transversely and spaced circumferentially of the inner flange of and secured to the body, each plate having an ollset portion which is spaced from said flange and arranged to extend transversely of the inner circumferential surface of a wheel-rim placed in the de sired position in said chamber and has a slot extending rearwardly from the forward extremity of said portion of the plate, and a resilient member arranged in said Slot and secured to said offset portion rearward of the slot, said resilient member having its forward end portion arranged and contoured as required to prevent forward displacement or said rim in said position of the rim and to permit the rim to actuate said resilient member into an inoperative position during movement of the rim into and out of position;

2. In a of the character indicated, a bod comprising a head which forms the rear end wall of the safe and has two forwardly projecting spaced annular flanges arranged the one extr-zrnally of and substantially con :centrically in relation to. the other and. participating in the formation of an annular chamber, plates arranged at the inner side and extending transversely and spaced circumferentially of the inner liange of and secured to the body, each plate having an oil'set portion which is spaced from said inner flange and ar 'anged to extend transversely of the inner circumferential surface of a wheel-rim placed in the desired position in said chamber and has a resilient member extending forwardly of the space occupied by said rim in said position oi the rim, said resilient member having its forward end portion arranged as required to prevent forward displacement of said rim in said position of the rim, and the aforesaid offset portion of the plate having an abutment arranged to prevent rearward displacement of said rim.

3. In a safe or" the character indicated, a body comprising a head which forms the rear end wall of the sate and has two forwardly projecting annular flanges arranged the one externally of and substantially concentrically in relation to the other and participating in for annular chamber, plates arranged at the inner side and extendtransv scly and spaced circi'imi ereni and seured to the oci 5 secured to said inner he lon rtudinal edges of the plate havi an oli et portion which is spaced from said flangev and arranged to 1 1 i mange el et/iii t.

extend transversely of the inner circumferential surface of a wheel-rim placed in the desired position in said chamber and has a slot extending rearwardly from the forward extremity of said portion of the plate, and a resilient member arranged in said slot and overlapping the inner side of and secured to said offset portion, said resilient member having its forward end portion arranged as required to prevent forward displacement oi said rim in said position of the a rim, and said offset ortion of the plate having projecting mem ers arranged to prevent rearward displacement of said rim.

4. In a safe of the character indicated, a body comprising a head which forms the rear end wall of the safe and has two forwardly projecting spaced annular flanges arranged the one externally of and substantially concentrically in relation to the other and participating in the formation of an annular chamber having the dimensions required to receive a tired wheel-rim, and a door for closing said chamber at the forward end of the chamber, the aforesaid body having a radially inwardly ofi'set portion arranged to form a housing for the valve-stem of the tire on the aforesaid rim and being internally provided with a member comprising a forwardly projecting arm having a slot for receiving the valve-stem, said slot being formed between and spaced from the longitudinal edges of the arm, and the longitudinal walls of said slot being arranged to cooperate with said stem in preventing circumferential displacement of the aforesaid rim.

5. In a safe of the character indicated, a body comprising a head forming the rear end wall of the safe and having two forwardly projecting and substantially concentric spaced annular flanges participating in the formation of an annular chamber having the dimensions required to receive a tired wheel-rim, and a door for closing said chamber at the forward end, said door comprising a head arranged to form the front of the safe and having two annular flanges which are formed at the inner side of the door and arranged the one externally of and substantially concentrically in relation to the other, the outer flange and inner flange of the door overlapping the outer flange and inner flange respectively of the body in the closed position of the door, the body and the door having ofl'set portions at the space surrounded b said flangesto form a housing for the va ve-stem of the tire on the aforesaid rim, and the body being provided, internally and at the inner end of said housing, with a plate which has a forwardly projecting arm having a slot for receiving the valvestem, said slot being formed between and spaced from the longitudinal edges of the arm and extending rearwardly from the forward extremity of'the arm, and the longitudinal walls of said slot being arranged to cooperate with said stem in preventing circumferential displacement of the aforesaid mm.

6. In a safe of the character indicated, a body comprising a head forming the rear end wall of the safe and having two forwardly projecting and substantially concentric spaced annular flanges participating in the formation of an annular chamber having the dimensions required to receive a tired wheel-rim, and a door for closing said chamber at the forward end of the chamber, said door comprising a head which is arranged to form the front of the safe and has two annular and substantially concentric spaced flanges formed at the inner side of the door, the outer flange and inner flange of the door overlapping the outer flange and inner flange respectively of the body in the closed position of the door, the body being offsetradially inwardly at two points arranged at opposite sides respectively of the space surrounded by the body, the oflset portions of the bodybeingarranged and contoured as required to form radially inward enlargements of the aforesaid chamber, and the door having offset portions arranged and contoured as required to form closures for said enlargements of said chamber.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, this 22nd day of June, 1920.

WILLIAM T. ANDERSON. 

